OpenSource Flash player implementation ‘Lightspark’ has entered beta. It is “…an open source Adobe Flash implementation, designed from the ground up to be efficient on current and (hopefully) future hardware.”
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IDE 101: 5 Open Source Web Development Tools
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It takes the right tools to do the job right. When it comes to writing code, it's important to consider both the needs of the job and the preferences of individual developers.
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Clearing the air around Ubuntu and Chrome
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Reports of the popular Linux distro ditching Firefox get clarified.
Read more »How to identify Open Ports in ubuntu server with nmap
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Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing. It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques, version detection (determine service protocols and application versions listening behind ports), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification).
Read more »Is Novell Spamming Google News With Anti-Red Hat Whitepapers and TechRepublic’s Help?
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After many months, TechRepublic is still pushing Novell's propaganda on a regular basis, which leads to the suspicion that they also game Google like Sys-Con does
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Linux gains flash filesystem
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Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 2.6.34, which is notable for adding two filesystems: Ceph for distributed and cloud-based applications, and LogFS, which is optimized for flash-memory based devices. Other new features include a faster KVM virtualization driver based on Vhost.net technology, says LinuxPlanet.com.
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Joomla! 1.6 Beta released
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The Joomla! developers have released a beta of version 1.6 of their PHP-based open source content management system (CMS) adding a new access control system and one-click extension updates
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Microsoft: Embracing and Extending Python, Excluding the GPL
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The latest Microsoft moves which are intended to redefine "Open Source" and turn it into free labour for Microsoft's benefit
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Cloud-ready Peppermint OS blasts off to fast start
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A fast-booting, cloud-oriented, "Peppermint OS" Ubuntu variant has been downloaded 25,000 times in its first week. Meanwhile, Red Hat clone CentOS has been released in version 5.5, adding features including enhanced KVM virtualization and improved WiFi support, and pioneering Linux distro-maker Mandriva is up for sale.
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Early Release Schedules For Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 LTS
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While the release schedules for Ubuntu Linux aren't exactly a close secret -- new releases generally coming in April and October with the version scheme being YY.MM such as Ubuntu 11.04 for the April 2011 release -- Canonical's Robbie Williamson has laid out tentative release schedules for Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10, and even Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.
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Microsoft-oriented Fund Grabs Ruby Applications Through Heroku
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Microsoft's extension Ignition Partners is putting money and board members inside yet another company that spreads Free software
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Protecode is FUD and It’s Proprietary
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A company on the block warns about "Linux licences" being all scary and dangerous (and Protecode offers the "medicine" to them)
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AWN Lucido: New Avant Window Navigator Style (Ubuntu .deb Download)
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A amazing new style for Avant Window Navigator called "Lucido Style" was posted @ AWN forums. The code is already available in a BZR branch but it has not been merged into AWN yet. If you want to try it already, I've built Ubuntu .deb packages for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala and 10.04 Lucid Lynx which you can download below.
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A Look at Peppermint OS, screenshot slideshow
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Peppermint is a Linux-based operating system that is cloud- and Web-application centric. Its developers say it is sleek, user friendly and "insanely fast."
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Web Browsers Leave 'Fingerprints' Behind as You Surf the Net
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New research by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has found that an overwhelming majority of web browsers have unique signatures -- creating identifiable "fingerprints" that could be used to track you as you surf the Internet.
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